Middle East Patterns, Student Economy Edition, 6th Edition
Places, People, and Politics
6th Edition
Published on 8. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
728 pages
978-0-8133-5020-2 (ISBN)
Description
Westview Press is pleased to offer a new, paperback Student Economy Edition of our best-selling title, Middle East Patterns This Student Economy Edition contains the same material as the sixth edition of Middle East Patterns (ISBN: 9780813348773)- the same text, the same figures, and the same page numbers- and is available to own for about the same price as renting the print book.Now in its sixth edition, Middle East Patterns continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the region. Colbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings introduce the Middle East from a topical perspective and then provide in-depth country-by-country coverage. The sixth edition maintains the book's well-received framework and distinctive focus on a wide range of geographical patterns,ethnographic, economic, and political,while integrating updated comparative material on natural resources and human and social development. New sections on health issues, business environments, and the historical US presence in the region expand the book's ample coverage. Richly illustrated with more than 125 photos and 70 maps, this acclaimed book remains the best accessible resource for students and general readers who seek to understand the spatial dynamics of the Middle East.Visit westviewpress.com/middle-east-patterns-instructor-resources for historical timelines, archived content from the fifth edition, and updated material on current situations in the Middle East.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-5020-2 (9780813350202)
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Colbert Held | John Thomas Cummings
Middle East Patterns, Student Economy Edition
Places, People, and Politics
Book
05/2019
6th Edition
Routledge
€142.37
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Persons
Colbert C. Held taught at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, then served for fifteen years as a Foreign Service Officer with assignments in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, as well as successive temporary missions in every country in the Middle East. He later became Diplomat-in-Residence at Baylor University.John Thomas Cummings has spent nearly thirty years as a development economist in the Middle East with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAID, and the World Bank. He has taught economic development and international economics at Al-Hikma University (Baghdad), Suffolk University, Tufts University, and the University of Texas at Austin.